Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)

  • Fame62.2
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Lived 1882–1931, aged 49
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    80 languages
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  • Era
    1882–1931
    Aged 49
  • Known for
    Anna Pavlova Lebt in B…
    2012
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

She made ballet a global phenomenon by taking it everywhere—South America, India, Mexico, Australia—at a time when most dancers never left Europe. The Dying Swan was hers first, and remains the role every ballerina since has measured herself against.

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Anna Matveyevna Pavlova was born in 1881 in Russia and rose to principal artist at the Imperial Russian Ballet, then joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. She created the role of The Dying Swan, a solo that became ballet's most iconic distillation of grace and mortality. But she didn't stay put: she formed her own company and became the first ballerina to tour the world, performing across continents that had never seen classical ballet. She brought the art to South America, India, Mexico, Australia—places where dancers of her caliber simply didn't go. She died in 1931, having turned ballet…

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  • Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
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